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Extremely bird-like wings to boot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

besides

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'to boot' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'extremely bird-like wings' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'wings' could be 'sides' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'sides' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'be' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for besides that I've seen before include "Moreover" , "to boot" , "also is available" , "See bids (anag)" , "In addition, as well" .)

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